Notable polar explorers and supporters listed
A catalog of prominent figures connected to polar exploration includes Lt. E. H. Shackleton Dr. Thomas Dedrick Knud Rasmussen General A. W. Greely De Levasseur John R. Bradley Duke of the Abruzzi Cagni Buffum Major Leonard Darwin Rear Admiral W. S. Schley Captain Robert F. Scott Anthony Fiala Mrs Peary Admiral G. W. Melville Evelyn Baldwin Herbert L Bridgman Cyrus C. Adams Professor E. C. Pickering Dr Edwin S. Houston Captain Roald Amundsen H Titman Colonel Sir Duncan Johnston Professor George H. Barton and other associated explorers and supporters.
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E. H. Shackleton
R. N
South Pole
Thomas Dedrick
Peary
Knud Rasmussen
Greenland
A. W. Greely
de Levasseur
John R. Bradley
Cook
Duke of the
Abruzzi
Cagni
Charles F. Buffum
Somerville
Mrs. Peary
Admiral G. W. Melville
Evelyn B. Baldwin
Herbert L. Bridgman
Arctic Club
Cyrus C. Adams
New York Geographoe
E. C. Pickering
Harvard University
Edwin S. Houston
Philadelphia
Roald Amundsen
H. Titman
Geodetic Survey
Sir Duncan Johnston
George H. Barton
Salem scientist questions Cook polar claim and route
Dr. Raymond Newcomb, health board clerk and De Long expedition scientist, casts doubt on Dr. Cook s Arctic account. He notes lack of verifiable monuments or witnesses, suggests further explanation is needed, and contrasts Cook s route with Peary s missteps while acknowledging Cook s possible truthfulness.
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Salem
Raymond Newcomb
Board of Health
de Long
Cook
Post
Newcomb
Dr. Cook
Cure Ad Claims Pink Pills For After-Effects Of The Grip
A Newark New York woman shares relief after two years of grip linked ailments improved with Dr Williams Pink Pills. The ad touts a range of nerve and blood related after effects and presents pills as a cure with prices and supplier details.
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W.H. Parker
No. 96
West Union Street
Newark
N. Y
Dr. Williams
Eskimos Aid Cook on Polar Expedition Footsteps
Dr Otto Nordenskjold recounts an Greenland interview with Knud Rasmussen about Eskimos initially refusing to follow Dr Cook to the pole. Young men later volunteered to help and joined the expedition, saying they would not abandon a man who trusted them.
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Gothenburg
Sweden
Otto Nordenskjold
Knud Rasmussen
Greenland
Cape York
Cook's Land North Pole Discovery Reported
Philadelphia on September 2. Amos Bonsall, sole survivor of the Kane arctic expedition, proposes naming and claiming Cook's Land as part of the United States. He believes no other nation will contest the claim and warns of possible international complications if Greenland or Denmark object. He trusts Dr. Cook's expedition account as authentic.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Cook
North Pole
United States of America
Frederick A. Cook
Amos Bonsall
Elisha Kent Kane
Far
Bonsall
United States
Greenland
Denmark
Fiala Believes It Ziegler Commander Surprised by Ice
Anthony Fiala, Arctic explorer and Ziegler expedition commander, says Dr. Cook may have discovered land but expects polar expeditions to continue. He notes the mention of glacial ice could refer to shoal areas or low lying islands, not a firm Arctic continent.
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New York
Anthony Fiala
Ziegler
Bradley
Dr. Cook
Pole
Mr. Viala
Arctic
Gloucester schooner carries Cook to top of the world
Gloucester reports joy as the fishing schooner Joseph W. Lufkin, bought by John R. Bradley in New York two years prior and renamed for the Cook expedition, is hailed for enabling the Cartographic explorer to reach the summit of the world.
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Gloucester
Greenland
Labrador
Dr. Cook
Joseph W. Lufkin
John R. Bradley
New York
Wallace backs Cook polar claim amid relief expedition plans
Dilson Wallace, friend of Leonidas Hubbard Jr. who died in Labrador, declares implicit trust in Dr. Frederick Cook. He praises Cook's reliability and scientific rigor and says he intends to organize relief for Cook’s reported North Pole feat.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Dilson Wallace
Leonidas Hubbard, Jr
Labrador
Matteawan
Frederick Cook
Wallace
Cook
Dr. Cook
North Pole
Arctic
Pole Belongs to U S Declares Wickersham
New York Sept 2 Attorney General Wickersham said the flag planted by Dr. Cook on the new Arctic continent will be defended by the United States The Constitution would follow the flag if the land proves valuable He added citizenship questions arise if humans or native races inhabit the territory Law price Lawrence Beach Lawrence Beach L I
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New York
Cook
Arctic
United States
Wickersham
Lawrence Beach
L. I
Shackleton backs Cook pole claim amid polar distance debate
London reports Lieut E H Shackelton of the royal navy endorses Dr. Cook's discovery of the north geographic pole. He says nothing in Cook's statement contradicted what was possible after reaching the pole and returning to land, and questions the exact distance Cook traveled in five days.
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Dr. Cook
Pole
Greenland
Peary
London
E. H. Shackelton
Royal Navy
South Magnetic Pole
Shackelton
Wolfe critiques Cook for using Peary's Arctic route
Dr. L O Wolfe, surgeon with Peary's 1905 06 expedition, says Cook's claim to reach the pole on April 21, 1908 should have followed an original route. Wolfe notes Peary's farthest north on April 26 and cites other explorers with April dates, arguing ethics of polar exploration.
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Portland
Ore
L. O. Wolfe
Robert BE. Peary
Dr. Cook
Peary
Wolfe
Cook
Dr. Wolfe
Duke of the
Last to See Dr Cook Reveals Polar Rescue Details
Facts about Dr Frederick Cook supplies and the final dash to the pole emerge from Rudolph Francke who helped prepare equipment and was the last white man to see Cook before departure. Francke, a German steward aboard John R. Bradley’s yacht, stayed at Arnstock to guard supplies while Cook pressed toward the pole. He left with Cook on March 3, 1908, four days into the polar journey, and returned home when Cook did not come back by June.
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Cook
New York
Frederick A. Cook
Rudolph Francke
Francke
John R. Bradley
Arnstock
Brunswick
Dr. Cook
Explorer
Pole
Gloucester
Anaotah
Dr Cook Pole Expedition Memoir by Francke
Rudolph Francke recounts his conviction in Dr. Cook's polar discovery claims. He praises Cook's reliability, note his role in provisioning, navigation notes, and the Aug 27 Anaotah start with 11 sledges 8 Eskimos 900 pounds pemmican 1700 pounds walrus meat. Francke narrates obedience as Cook contemplates a desperate advance and invites him to stay behind.
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Anaotah
Cook
World reacts to Cook polar feat with global praise
King Edward learned of Cook's achievement at Marienbad and expressed keen interest. U S minister Egan reported Copenhagen corroboration by Danish inspector Dergaard Jensen. Parisian geographer Levasseur called the feat extraordinary, citing a 300 mile ice journey and minus 83 degrees. Darwin praised the potential to reach the pole, while Scott suggested a possible sheltered sea aided Cook's rapid dash.
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King Edward
Cook
Marienbad
Maurice F. Egan
United States
Copenhagen
State Department
Washington
Dr. Cook
Dergaard Jensen
Greenland
Paris
Pierre Levasseur
Leonard Darwin
Royal Geographical Society
London
North Pole
Robert F. Scott
Collar clinic blocks street at Talbot window display
Washington street drew a crowd as Talbot Company clothiers staged a Searle collar demo with a man tying and untying in a show window. Traffic was blocked until police dispersed the spectators and the clinic moved indoors.
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Washington Street
Talbot Company
Clothiers
Forbes calls charges against wife false
Mrs. Ida Rowley of New York sues Jessie Livingstone Forbes in Connecticut for alienation of affection, seeking 75000 damages. Papers were returned to Bridgeport Superior Court. Rowley’s husband Robert E. Rowley once drove for the Forbes family, whose Fairfield estate is a notable regional showplace.
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Ida Rowley
New York
Connecticut
Jessie Livingstone Forbes
Forbes
Bridgeport
Conn
Forbeses
Fairfield
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